Saturday, January 10, 2009

architecture

Thursday 25 December 2008 React (0)

Belgrade gets a facelift to attract tourists

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Serbia's capital, which has endured more than 40 battles throughout its troubled 7,000-year history, is trying to patch up scars from its turbulent past in the hope of becoming a new tourist magnet.

Monday 13 October 2008 React (0)

Visiting Dumas' Monte-Cristo château

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When French writer Alexandre Dumas moved into his new abode, the "Château de Monte-Cristo," in 1847, he left his personal mark on the architecture, including an English-style romantic garden, a renaissance palace and a gothic pavilion.

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